I’m feeling compelled to write especially while sleepless and awake at five in the morning. I’ve got everything on my mind from business ideas and ways to improve my life. My birthday is next week and it serves as a reminder of what I’ve accomplished and what I need to accomplish in order to meet my goals and succeed in my future.

If you’re looking for mind candy, I’ve got an overload of useful ideas but this blog is a serious endeavor and I want to do it right. Some good advice to consider about blog-building, creating a shoe-string start-up, or anything else that becomes unique, try checking out Chris Guillebeau and you can find his awesome free PDF guide: 279 Days to Overnight Success! I discovered his blog just a few days ago while scouring the internet during a brainstorming session dedicated to Desert Rat. So much information exists but this is indispensable!

Anyways, I’ve been a natural writer my whole life an advocate for creativity but I do believe we live with a culture that is attention deficit and people want to read things quickly so I’ll keep this sweet. With all the possibilities that exist with the internet, I would like to exploit every opportunity to network with artists and entrepreneurs from all over the the world, and that is part of the grand plan. I don’t want to burn out though so I have a regimen to post regularly to avoid this.

My old blog was West Desert Journal. It was mostly poems and thoughts centered around the environment and the intoxicating beauty of the Desert Southwest but I mostly wrote for myself, not a bigger audience. It was a form of personal liberation and therapy and I have grown in my outlook. I want to produce valuable content and free resources for my readers. At the same time, I feel hindered by my own fears to change start something big for the better but I remind myself that the biggest risk that I face is inaction and doing nothing at all.

Some of my fears include worries as to whether I’m going to be able to connect with a substantial audience, garner enough readers, or even be a worthy writer? My biggest fear is failing. So I’m admitting weaknesses and want to be stronger than them. So I’m taking action on my dreams and goals. Taking a business-like approach has reignited my passion to write and perhaps produce something of value!

A month ago when I went job hunting my goals were different than most. My vision has evolved since June about life. I want to stay in Southern Utah because it’s home for now. It’s where I feel comfortable. When I started my job search, I was looking for a niche, and a market that has a lot of freedom, and potential to make somewhat of a lucrative profit. I’ve done the research and in rural Southern Utah, selling cars is the way to go if you’re needing money to invest in larger business. Otherwise you’re limited to sheep herding and bailing hay. It’s the truth. So I hope to invest in several micro businesses as my career advances as a car salesman. I know this sounds like a big undertaking, but it’s also a creative, artistic adventure. I’m very excited about what I am doing.

I’m trying to figure out how to incorporate skills learned from selling and marketing new cars. I’ve been in the training for almost three weeks now and will be hitting the sales floor. Brand new Hondas will be my specialty. Not only that, I’m going to be working at the largest new car dealership in my part of the state with an opportunity to promote over ten different automobile brands. It’s not an easy job, but it’s worth the investment to learn and grow and become my own boss. Cars are a commodity, everyone needs them and I’m pretty confident that I’ll do good.

I’m taking notes all across the board and finding ways at being more productive, and doing a lot more in a much shorter amount of time. I’m considering a few Network Marketing MLMs to build a long term income yet this is going to be one small niche in a much grander vision. MLMs get a lot of bad rap, but the beauty is there if you do the work. I’m seeing these as supplimental income to generate while engaged in bigger goals. All of it seems enticing for the sake of adventure and testing different things, schemes, strategies. You gotta try everything at least once, right? If I can outsource some of my efforts, and work while setting up all these little business adventures and divy out bits and pieces of risk, I can see which systems are succeeding or failing.

I’m creating my own brand of creativity and experimentation in this process while building up my experience level. As I’m moving along, I’m figuring out the nuts and bolts. I’m a young buck, good looking and full of life. It’s all in there. The biggest challenge to being a car salesman is the lack of mobility and portability. It’s teaching me structure and how to conform and be less of a footloose vagabond. Being the desert rat isn’t easy in a suit and tie. Although I’ve got an apartment on a mesa overlooking the Arizona Strip in Saint George, Utah. I can can wake up to a wasteland sunrise every morning, and know the warmth.

My goals in life are big and it’s worth the endurance and sacrifice. I want to diversify my portfolio, work experience and education. My main adventures have been the photographer, tour guide, wilderness guide, adventurer, public entertainer, prospector, etc. I’m a jack-of-trades and I’ve been making good money over the years trying out different experiences, from teaching people about the land to selling rocks and gems to rock shops, doing Grand Circle Tours, living in the Grand Canyon, and traveling all over the Southwest – photographing the land. Yeah! Who would like to try these jobs!? I’ve lived my own version of a shortened work week out of the office and on the road or in a canyon, getting paid to do what I LOVE! One thing I’m going to like about selling cars is being my own boss because I’m self-driven. They give us the opportunity to take the initiative without being micro-managed and I’m going to discipline myself to master this structured lifestyle at least for now!

My number one goal is to avoid sales and marketing hype and look for golden nuggets in Internet Marketing. If someone values my friendship more than my pocket book they are infinitely more likely to win my business and trust. My number one goal in marketing is to establish friendships with new people and network with them. One thing I dislike are greedy people and desperate incompetence.

Life is short and I’m not going to jeopardize my success to hungry snakes. Earn my trust, build true value with me, and demonstrate your service and you’ll earn my business. Remember, human beings are more important that Green Frog Skins. That’s the most important piece of inside information that you’re going to get from this post, today. We all like money but people are priceless and building lifelong relationships should be the motive in business.

It shouldn’t be about recruiting people but serving people because nobody likes to be sold on something but if you build value, genuine friendship, and love those you deal with, they are more likely to buy. You’ll find success when you have genuine desire to see them succeed.